Padres' Peavy, Ensberg derail Diamondbacks

Peavy scattered three hits and struck out 10 while Ensberg
homered twice as the Padres avoided a three-game sweep with an
11-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Peavy (11-5) fanned the side in the first, and then had at least
one strikeout in his seven innings en route to reaching the
1,000-strikeout plateau in his 160th game, faster than any
player in franchise history.

No Arizona baserunner advanced past second base against Peavy,
who threw 72 of 103 pitches for strikes in recording
double-digit strikeouts for the fifth time this season.

Cla Meredith pitched a scoreless eighth and Wilfredo Ledezma was
flawless in the ninth for San Diego, which won for just the
second time in five games.

"This was important, absolutely, like any win is," Padres
manager Bud Black said. "We felt it was a big win in Jake's
last start, because we had lost a couple in a row, and he
pitched a great game in Houston. He did what his caliber of
pitcher is supposed to do, and totally shut down the
opposition."

It was the second straight strong performance for Peavy, who
limited the Houston Astros to one run and four hits in seven
innings of a 9-4 win on Friday. He began the season 9-2 with a
2.18 ERA, earning the right to start the All-Star game.

He did struggle after the break, losing three straight starts
while giving up 10 runs in 19 frames.

"I didn't feel like I was getting roughed up in that stretch,
but I just wasn't myself," Peavy said. "Guys were having
at-bats and their approach was better. I tried to be more
conscientious of changing speeds and little mechanical stuff
that made the breaking stuff sharper. It's been good."

Peavy received all the offense he would need in the second
inning, courtesy of Ensberg.

Ensberg, who was acquired from the Houston Astros on Tuesday
prior the trading deadline, belted a two-run homer in the second
- his first hit as a Padre - against Arizona starter Yusmeiro
Petit (2-3).

Ensberg added another two-run shot in the Padres' five-run
seventh to build a 10-0 lead. The multi-homer game is Ensberg's
fifth of his career, with his last one coming on April 18, 2006
against Milwaukee.

"I felt great out there," Ensberg said. "I got pitches to hit
today and that I was able to put some good cuts on. It just
felt great to help, especially the first home run to get out
ahead and have them play catch-up with Jake out on the mound.
It was huge."

Adrian Gonzalez and Khalil Greene also homered to help the
Padres snap a five-game losing streak at Petco Park.

"It was a good day all-around," Black said. "It was great to
see us swing the bats collectively today. Morgan swung the bat
great today, he really did."

Petit yielded five runs for the second consecutive outing,
lasting 4 1/3 innings and giving up five hits. The 22-year-old
righthander struck out five and walked four.

"(Petit) was good early on, he just got a couple of balls up,"
Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin said. "He missed with location
a couple of pitches, and every time he did, he ended up paying
for it."

Top prospect Justin Upton made his major-league debut for
Arizona, entering the game in the eighth after being called up
from Class AA Mobile earlier in the day.

"It was awesome just being able to get out there and see what
it's like," Upton said. "I just went out and busted it and
played hard this year, and I do feel like I am ready to be here
and I'm going to take it in stride. Once you get that first one
out of the way, it's just about playing baseball."

The Diamondbacks had won 10 of 11, but were shut out for the
second time in four games and sixth time overall.

NLAT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATETWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MORGAN ENSBERG (10) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 7TH OFF DUSTIN NIPPERT SCORED JOSH BARD.CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0, SAN DIEGO 10DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M GILES (.230, 0-FOR-3)

NLAT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATETHREE-RUN HOME RUN BY KHALIL GREENE (17) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 7TH OFF DUSTIN NIPPERT SCORED MILTON BRADLEY AND ADRIAN GONZALEZ.CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0, SAN DIEGO 8DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: J BARD (.268, 0-FOR-2, BB)

NLAT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATESOLO HOME RUN BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ (17) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF YUSMEIRO PETIT.CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0, SAN DIEGO 3DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K GREENE (.232, 0-FOR-1)

NLAT SAN DIEGO - SCORING UPDATETWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MORGAN ENSBERG (9) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 2ND OFF YUSMEIRO PETIT SCORED ADRIAN GONZALEZ.CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0, SAN DIEGO 2DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M GILES (.231, 4 HR, 33 RBI)